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Microsoft is investigating an issue with its Microsoft 365 service and its Teams app, with some users reporting to DownDetector that they are having problems using services such as Exchange and Outlook. On social media service X, Microsoft posted a message early Monday that it is assessing "an issue impacting users attempting to access Exchange Online or functionality within Microsoft Teams calendar." The problem appears to be affecting Microsoft users globally, according to posts from users. "We've identified a recent change which we believe has resulted in impact. We've started to revert the change and are investigating what additional actions are required to mitigate the issue," Microsoft added in a subsequent post. https://lnkd.in/gmgqPDdZ

T-Mobile Breached in Major Chinese Cyber-Attack on Telecoms While T-Mobile has stated that no significant impacts to its systems or customer data have been identified, federal agencies and security experts remain concerned about the scope of the breach. https://lnkd.in/e79yVYmv

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GOOGLE to sell CHROME?? Top Justice Department antitrust officials have decided to ask a judge to force Alphabet Inc.’s Google to sell off its Chrome browser in what would be a historic crackdown on one of the biggest tech companies in the world. The department will ask the judge, who ruled in August that Google illegally monopolized the search market, to require measures related to artificial intelligence and its Android smartphone operating system, according to people familiar with the plans. https://lnkd.in/eb6J6_cJ

BREAKING: Dozens of BA flights have been grounded after a major IT glitch hit company software, causing chaos for thousands of passengers. Hundreds of passengers have been seen standing in the cold waiting to board their flights, The issue meant that pilots were unable to file flight plans electronically and had to manually call into the operations centre at Heathrow. Passengers started to report problems at around 5pm on Monday, but some reported the problem online before then. Some passengers said they were stuck onboard BA planes awaiting clearance to take off and that pilots had been trying to keep them informed of any developments, but the crew were as much in the dark as everyone else. The airline’s bug-ridden website has been taken offline and both the external and internal phone lines have been cut off, reports say. One frustrated pilot on a packed BA jet at Valencia which was running more than an hour behind schedule said: ‘Apologies for this delay folks, there is a company wide IT failure and it means we have to call in our flight plans. ‘We are trying to speed things up but I don’t know how long it will take.’ https://lnkd.in/eBiWmKGM

Sailing Into Danger: DONOT APT’s Attack on Maritime & Defense Manufacturing CRIL recently came across a campaign seemingly aimed at Pakistan’s manufacturing industry, which supports the country’s maritime and defense sectors. After analyzing the files involved in the campaign, it was determined that the attack was linked to the known APT group DONOT. https://lnkd.in/grRZ9TmW

T-Mobile's network was among the systems hacked in a damaging Chinese cyber-espionage operation that gained entry into multiple U.S. and international telecommunications companies, The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday citing people familiar with the matter. Hackers linked to a Chinese intelligence agency were able to breach T-Mobile as part of a monthslong campaign to spy on the cellphone communications of high-value intelligence targets, the Journal added, without saying when the attack took place. https://lnkd.in/eaKJaV9k

-Rand Paul has plans to kneecap the nation’s cyber agency- The incoming chair of the Senate Homeland Security Committee has pledged to severely cut the powers of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency or eliminate it entirely. https://lnkd.in/etT_6Tfb

BREAKING: T-Mobile has gone down for tens of thousands of Americans across the nation. Users report the outage has left them without service, causing dropped calls and unsent text messages. Others have reported no internet service due to the disruptions. An outage map shows issues in in major cities, including New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago and Phoenix. Downdetector, a site the monitors online issues, showed disruptions hit around 1:45pm ET, hitting a peak of more than 19,000 reports by 2:30pm ET. https://lnkd.in/eGfBmM5G

Verizon service has been restored after an early morning network issue caused outages affecting 'millions' of users along the East Coast. Reports of outages flared between midnight and 2am EST, prompting rife complaints across social media and insistence that engineers were working to fix the issue. A Verizon spokesperson told DailyMail this morning: 'A network issue early this morning disrupted service for some Verizon Fios customers in the Northeast a short period of time. 'As soon as the issue was identified, our engineering teams quickly restored the service.' More than 40,000 instances were reported early this morning, up from fewer than 100 before the spike. Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Alexandria and Washington were among the most reported locations. DailyMail.com